Here's to those who wish us well, as for the rest, they can go to Hell!

S---- in a bucket: Behold the raunchiest Irish slang used in sports: the English curse word "s---" with an "e" tacked on the end. It's pretty self-explanatory. When the Republic of Ireland's footballer James McCarthy recently tackled the ball into his own net, giving Serbia its first goal of the game, spectators at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin were certainly mumbling this under their breath.

May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty!

The words that I've said I meant when I spoke and remember my words of wisdom feck'em if you can't take a joke. -Brian O'Toole

Ireland, sir, for good or evil, No other place under Heaven. And no man can touch its sod Or breathe its air without becoming Better or worse.